Rusconi + Fred Frith: Live In Europe

Arvell Shaw | Barney Bigard | Bob McCracken | Cozy Cole | Earl Hines | Jack Teagarden | Louis Armstrong | Marty Napoleon | Sid Catlett | Trummy Young

Slippery little fish this one. Something between a stinky sprat and a red herring, if you must know. How often...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2020

Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter: Guilty Pleasures

Charlie Hunter | Kurt Elling | Nate Smith

An amuse-bouche before his new SuperBlue album drops later in 2023, Kurt Elling continues his exploration of the funkier side...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2023

Martin Taylor and Alan Barnes: Two For The Road

As with his album with pianist Dave Newton, this has Woodville's Alan Barnes close up and personal in a duo...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Fabled: Fabled EP

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Matt Robinson | Sam Rapley | Will Glaser

The reedsman Sam Rapley, a fairly recent Royal Academy of Music postgraduate, gives us just a small taster on a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Opus 5: Pentasonic

Alex Sipiagin | Boris Kozlov | David Kikoski | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake

The co-operative quintet's second album seethes and surges through tricky harmonies, zips from hard-boiled swing to soulful beats, and gives...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2013

Hector Quartet: Uncharted

Chris Gale | Chris Wallace | Jeff McLeod | Ted Quinlan

A Canadian collective with cool associations (the Breckers, Dave Holland), Uncharted is their debut, if now one from a rather...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2021

Nick Malcolm Quartet: Glimmers

Alexander Hawkins | Mark Whitlam | Nick Malcolm | Olie Brice

The Bristol-based trumpeter Nick Malcolm, who recently appeared on BBC Radio's Jazz on 3 Introducing with the band Dakhla, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Back Door: Back Door/8th Street Nights/Another Fine Mess

Bernie Holland | Colin Hodgkinson | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Felix Pappalardi | Peter Thorup | Ron Asprey | Tony Hicks

Like a wintry blast from their Yorkshire moors lair where much of their music coalesced, Back Door arrived in 1972,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers

Al Foster | Cecil Payne | Duke Jordan | Sam Jones

Four master hard boppers who've all been there, done that and got their luggage filled with t-shirts! Of all the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2017

John Coltrane: Complete Live at Sutherland Lounge

Elvin Jones | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

It's probably the sound quality that’ll determine whether you buy this. This series of broadcasts was doubtless recorded with a...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013